Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Xeon E-2146G

Core i7-8700K vs Xeon E-2146G specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-8700K performs better than the Xeon E-2146G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E-2146G in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E-2146G. Also, the Core i7-8700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon E-2146G outputs less heat than Core i7-8700K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.